Autonomous Vehicle News
'”Mary Barra, CEO of General Motors, was part of a discussion on autonomous vehicles with Vogt, and said she views autonomous technology and driver assistance technology as key for GM. In 2019, Google’s autonomous vehicle company Waymo pulled out of the city after testing its autonomous vehicle technology here for several years. Aurora, a self-driving vehicle company, has operated a trucking pilot program in partnership with trucking company Schneider between Houston and Dallas since 2021. Vogt views autonomous technology as the future of rideshare, even after the two best-known rideshare companies shut down their self-driving units. He said while Aurora plans to develop rideshare technology, robotaxis and trucking have "very different unit economics."